The possible long-term socio-economic impact of the protracted absence of the majority of the region’s children from school could be sufficient to require countries to rethink their entire education systems by creating linkages between education and other sectors and placing the highest possible priority on the protection of education budgets, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says in its Latin America and the Caribbean COVID-19 policy document.
The document seeks to address the likely impact and implications for Latin America and the Caribbean on the prolonged schools closure on countries and economies in the region.
